The Straits Times, 18 January 1949

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAY AS LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED IH4S u\ii\l P/UiES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    RIOT FEAR IN GOLD FIELDS
    126 1 Zulu-Indian Disturbances Spread DURBAN, Monday. CAVACJE rioting between Zulus and Indians has been put down in Durban, but it has broken out in Pietermaritzburg, 40 miles to the north-west, and is spreading towards the Rand gold fields, the police stated in Durban tonight. An official
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    4 HOURS TO CROSS 800 YARIS
    201 1 from Our Staff Corrrkpondrnl KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. SOME of the areas on the Dindings coast, were so swjmpy that It took a party of Gurkhas four hours to trek 800 yards. The Gurkhas were taking Bart8 art in the big Joint opera-; on in
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    JAP TRADE BOARD
    69 1 TOKYO. Mon. General Mac-Arthur today appointed seven officials to study and approve or reject all agreements or proposals for foreign Investments and business in Japan, and enumerated principles under which they will operate. Foreign investors or traders wanting to do business in Japan must prove to the
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    FLOOD RELIEF IN BATAVIA
    66 1 BATAVIA. Mon. About 20.000 Indonesian and Chinese refugees, flooded out of their homes by heavy tropical rains and a high water level in the Batavia Bay, were today being given relief food and clothIng. In the worst hit areas the floods were nearly three feet d--"p.
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    'Send Indian Leaders To S.Africa'
    622 1 'Send Indian Leaders To S.Africa' BOMBAY. Mon. TWO Indian newspapers, the Bombay Chronicle and the National Standard today urged their Government to send leaders to South Africa to ease the situation arising from th? Durban race riots. The Bombay Chronicle saying there would probably be little information on the real
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    2359 SMUGGLERS
    23 1 TOKYO, Mon. Japanese authorities arrested 2,359 smugglers during the 11 months from January to the md of November last year.— Neuter.
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    66 1 MR. S.I.U. AI.S.»<-OI (rentre), president of the AllMalaya Muslim Missionary Society, addresses the. tiffin party at his home on Saturday m honour of the Muslim divine, the Maiilana, Mohamad Abdul Alerm Siddique (seated on the left of the vase next to Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald). On the Commissioner-General's left are
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    Chiang May Approach Reds
    270 1 NANKING, Monday. PRESIDENT Chiang Kai-shek, who yesterday made a call to his troops to "fight to the last man," was reported today to be conferring with his leaders over the Communist terms tor peace. According to well-informed sources, the President Is expected to give his reply
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    Trade With Red Tientsin
    168 1 HONG KONG, Monday. BRITISH businessmen are prepared to continue doing business in Communistheld Tientsin if it is at all possible. British interests are larger there than those of any other nation. "We will resume our shipping service to Tientsin just as soon as we have assurances
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    MIDDLE EAST PEACE MOVE
    91 1 RHODES. (Cyprus), Mon. A United Nations spokesman says Dr. Ralph Bunche has launched a general peace offensive in the Middle East. The spokesman for the acting U. N mediator added, however, that other Arab! States will not be Invited toj take part In talks now progressing
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    CRASHED ON MOUNTAIN
    48 1 GLASGOW, Mon. Five people were reported killed when a plane believed to be American, crashed today In the Argyllshire highlands, Scotland. The aircraft, with 20 persons aboard, was flying to Iceland. The Injured were being brought down on rough mountainside strapped to stretchers.— Reuter. I
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    "MAKE DECISION ON BROOKE"
    132 1 LONDON, Mon. I A CALL for the British Colonial Secretary to make a final decision "one way or the other" on the ban on Mr Anthony Brooke, was made today by the Daily Telegraph columnist, Peter- i borough. Pointing out that Mr. Brooke is still in
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    Dutch To Withdraw 40,000 From Indies
    171 1 THE HAGUE, Monday. HOLLAND hopes to withdraw 40,000 troops from Indonesia this year to enable her to meet demands made by Field Marshal* Montgomery, Chairman of the Western Union Defence Committee, an official spokesman said here today. The dispersion of Dutch armed forces for
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    BIG GOLD SEIZURE
    54 1 1 TWENTY-FOUR pound^ of bar gold was seized ny Customs Officer^ at Clifford Pier on Sunday. The gold, which Is valued at $40,000. was found on the person of a Chinese who was carrying It In a specially-con-structed waistcoat. The Chinese 1« believed to be a passenger
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    SINGAPOREON THE ROUTE
    76 1 SINGAPORE ON THE ROUTE BOMBAY, Mon.— Mr. J. Akhaney, chairman of the Indian Overseas Airlines, said today that the Indian Government had granted the Airline a licence to run a weekly air service between Calcutta and Sydney. The route of the proposed service will be Calcutta. Bangkok, Singapore, Batavia, Sourabaya.
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    EX-CHINESE PREMIER DIES
    68 1 BRUSSELS Mon.— The Rev. Don Pierre (Celestin Lou TsenKtsieng) former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in China under Dr. Sun Vat-sen, has died in Bruges. Born of a well-to-do Chinese Protestant family in 1871. he entered the Chinese foreign service in 1892. He became a
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    Home Rule For Wives
    37 1 LONDON. Mon.- A Labour M.P., Mrs. Jean Mann hopes to Introduce a bill In Parliament to give wives the right to keep any money they save from housekeeping allowances made by husbands.— A.P.
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    U.S. SAILORS MAKE "WALK OFF" PROTEST
    296 1 U.S. SAILORS MAKE "WALK OFF PROTEST TWENTY three American members of the ship's 1 company of the Isbrandtsen Line 10,000 ton freighter Flying Arrow which is lying in Singapore Roads were ashore at midnight and had refused to return on board. They are taking this action they say, as a
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    IN ATHENS
    34 1 ATHENS, Monday. RearAdmiral Lord Mountbatten, Flag Officer Commanding the First Cruiser Squadron, arrived at Phaleron Bay here today aboard his flagship, the 9,400ton cruiser Liverpool, for a four-day visit to Athens. Reuter.
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    $2400 STREET ROBBERY
    58 1 $2400 STREET ROBBERY I'IIREE" men, one carrying a revolver, held up a Chinese pedestrian on Elgin Bridge last evening and robbed him of $2,400 In cash The robbery took p. ■.<■< about 8.15. Police said last night that the men made their getaway in a car. The victim said he
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    Churchmen Back Rita Boycott
    104 1 Churchmen Back Rita Boycott SYDNEY, Mon. A MOVE to boycott RiU Hayworth who is staying in Switzerland with Aly Khan, son of the Aga Khan, is bern;; strongly supported by Australian churchmen. The Rev. Dr. C. Irving Benson, Methodist, Melbourne, said. "It is refreshing to find that Hollywood is recognising
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    TAX OFFICE
    22 1 PENANG Mon —> n j n:jmf Tax office will be ooen?d in Penana: as soon as th? necessary organisation is comDleted.
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    2 PLANNED TO KILL PRESIDENT
    114 2 2 PLANNED TO KILL PRESIDENT MANILA Mon. DRESIDENT Quirino. at a 1 recent meeting of Dolitical leaders, disclosed a plot, to assassinate him It was reported today. He said that the Dlot was discovered by Army Intelligence officers and Manila police last September and that, confessions had been obtained from
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    MILLIONS GAOLED
    53 2 PARIS, Mon.— The International Committee for the Defence of Christian Civilisation has appealed to France to tak» a lead in releasing the world's political prisoners, estimated at between 30.000,000 and 40 *****0. The appeal, signed by a former French Depuiy, asked for the release of 50,000 such prisoners
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    Russia Tells The World
    283 2 MOSCOW, Mon. IZVESTIA claims that the first motor ships were built in Russia. This Soviet paper stated that the first motor working on petroleum and not kerosene was made in Russia in 1899 and that the first motor ship was the tanker Vandal, built at the
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      Opium War River Block Cleared
      332 2 CANTON, Monday. DEPRESENTATIVES of Great Britain and i the United States participated today in ceremonies marking the re-opening of the Pearl River after 109 years. During the Opium War of 1840 the Chinese sank 12 rock-laden junks in the river to prevent British warships reaching
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    Hungarian Radio Using "Goebbels Tactics"
    91 2 BELGRADE Mon. YUGOSLAV Communists ac- cused the Hungarian radio yesterday of using I "Goebbels methods" on its new Yugoslav frequency. The Hungarian radio, which recently initiated a Yugoslav language "beam," has been marked by language unmatch- Ed even by Moscow radio in at- tacks against,
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    30 2 *V >t:R\ CAT: This tiny will cr p for cocktail wear is in black fur felt. The crown is spangled with sequins, while the feather poses a question. Renter photo.
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    PASHA ON BOMB CHARGE
    87 2 PASHA ON BOMB CHARGE CAIRO. Mon. AZIZ EL MASRI PASHA, forA mer Chief-of-Staff of the Egyptian Army, was reported to have been arrested last night He is held, according to reliable sources, for complicity in Thursday's explosion outside the Cairo Court of Appeal. It i. understood that the police investigation
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    SOURCE OF OIL
    18 2 OTTAWA. Mon.— Venezuela has replaced the U.S. as Canada'^ leading source of crude oil.— A.P.
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      81 2 SHIPPING NOTICES NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL "M.V. ORANJE" arriving at Singapore from Amsterdam and Southampton on Tuesday, 18th January, 1949 ts now expected to be moored alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves, Oodowns 43 and it «t 8 pjn. NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL M.V. "TABLAN" due 8 ngapore
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    'Captured Republicans Are Kept In One Room'
    158 3 'Captured Republicans Are Kept In One Room' BATAVIA. Mon. THE United Nations Good Offices Committee revealed yesterday that the five captured Indonesian Republican leaders were being held under close guard by the Dutch in an isolated section of Banka Island. Belgian. American and Australian members of the committee visited the
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    U.S. Troops In "Battle"
    67 3 FRANKFCRT, Mon. SIXTEEN thousand UJ3. combat troops struck westward against an Imaginary "aggressor" yesterday In a sweeping winter manoeuvre planned to "teach them what we learned in the Battle of the Bulge." The crack First Infantry Division, operating as part of a simulated full army corps,
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    P.I. TIGHTENS CUSTOMS
    66 3 MANILA, Mon.— The Philippines Consul-General at Shanghai says that exporters from China and Hong Kong have deliberately refused to comply with pre-shlpment instructions. Merchandise from abroad, especially from China, will no longer be released from the Customs premises here without certified consular invoices. Unscrupulous importers have tried
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    Bigger Soap Rations
    49 3 LONDON, Mon.— Britain's soap ration will be Increased by one-sixth after Jan. 30 1 because of more fats and oils j from Africa. Each consumer now is rationed to 18 ounces of toilet soap or 24 ounces of hard soap every eight weeks, i —A P.
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    LeadinglU.S. Reds On Trial For Subversion
    169 3 NEW YORK, Monday. 17LEVEN men— the leaders of the United States' 70,000-strong Communist Party— went on trial this morning for advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. Government. A conviction carries a maximum penalty of 10 years* gaol and a $10,000 fine. The Communist
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    18 3 Mr. and Mrs. Leone Phool Sum photographed after their wedding in Penang. Mr. Leong comes from Bentong, Pahang.
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    Marines Tell Mac A.
    95 3 NEW YORK, Mon. riENERAL Holland M. Smith says in his war memoirs IJT "Coral and Brass" that Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur failed to publicise the contribution of the U.S. Marine Corps to the Pacific campaign. Although Marines were active in the recapture of the Philippines, Gen.
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    47 3 A NEW idea aimed at reducing casualties on the roada was demonstrated in London recently. It is a speaking device incorporated with traffic lights to address Instructions and warnings to pedestrians using the crossing. Picture shows the Inventor, Mr. A. Trayner, with the apparatus. A. P. picture.
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    CABINET MEETS, HEARS BEVIN
    176 3 LONDON, Monday. THE British Cabinet met yesterday to discuss the final draft of Mr. Ernest Bevin's Palestine statement, expected to be given to the House of Commons tomorrow. A Foreign Office spokesman said last night that the United States and Britain had not yet come to
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    ONLY 90 DAYS WITH WIVES
    71 3 FRANKFURT, Mon. The United States Army yesterday issued new marriage rules for Americans In Ger- many. But all It Rave the hundreds of men who want j to marry 1 rauleins and stay In Germany was 30 extra days to get out of the country.
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    Governor On His Way
    28 3 NICOSIA (Cyprus) Mon.— The Governor of Cyprus (Lord Winster) has returned to Cyprus to wind up his personal affairs before leaving the Island. A.P.
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    'Stalin Lied To Me', Said Dying Benes
    92 3 NEW YORK, Mon. "rWEN Stalin lied to me and Hi his assurances to me and Jan Masaryk were an International deceit." This was one of the last messages from Dr. Benes, rormer Czech President, to his secretary, Dr. Edouard Toboreky. In one of
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    Foul Weather
    29 3 NEW YORK. Bun.— The first 14 days' weather of 1949 In the United States has killed at least 123 persons and cost millions of dollars hi damage.
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    "CHAOS & CONFUSION IN BURMA"
    182 3 "CHAOS CONFUSION IN BURMA" WASHINGTON, Mon. tVBE results of Burmese ■i. independence have been disappointing to the world, said a Sunday Star leading article yesterday. "Except for the ruling politicians and their henchmen, it is hard to see how any one profits by the existing situation," said the Star. "The
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    EX-SOLDIERS ASK FOR BONUS
    29 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. The World War II Veterans' Association said yesterday It would ask Congress this month for an immediate exServicemen's bonus that might cost U5540,000,000,000.—AJ».
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    FIRE TRAPS
    30 3 TOKYO, Mon. -.Tokyo schools are potential fire traps. The Military Government Education Officer states that typical fire drill consists of children jumping from windows shrieking In panic A.P.
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    FIVE WESTERN NATIONS HAVE JOINT PLAN FOR COLONIES
    187 4 FIVE WESTERN NATIONS HAVE JOINT PLAN FOR COLONIES LONDON, Monday. THE integration of the overseas territories of A the five Western Union nations Britain, France, Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg will be discussed when the five Foreign Ministers meet in London on Jan. 25, according to reliable sources. It was reported
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    Agreement On Greek King's Call
    130 4 Agreement On Greek King's Call ATHENS, Mon. PREEK political leaders met to for two-and-a-half hours yesterday and were reported to have reached an agreement "in principle" on King Paul's request for the formation of an all-party Government. Informed sources emphasised, however, that a complete agreement had not been reached, and
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    EVANGELIST TO VISIT IPOH
    42 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon.— Dr. Stanley, evang11st and author of "Christ of the Indian Road," Is visiting Ipoh on Jan. 25. He will then address a meeting at the Anglo-Chinese School Hall, Ipoh, at 5.30 pjn.
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    ADULT CLASSES
    28 4 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG, Mon. Kajang will begin adult classes In English and Book-keeping today at the Kajang High School between 6 and 7 p.m.
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    ASSIZES IN N.S. OPEN
    115 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. WEGRI Sembilan Assizes were ceremonially opened In Seremban this morning. Before the opening, Mr. Justice Callow, accompanied by the C.P.O., N.S. (Mr. O. B. Folliott) inspected a guard of honour provided bv a contingent of 40 Necri police. Senior Inspector
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    GOVERNMENT AIDS NIGHT CLASSES
    39 4 English night classes, which have been conducted satisfactorily for the past two years at the Telok Kurau, Tanglin Tinggi and Tanglin Besar Malay schools, have now received the approval i and help of the Government.
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    U.S. Congress Cautious About Health Insurance
    171 4 WASHINGTON, Monday. /CONGRESS appears to be adopting a cautious, Xl wait-and-see attitude towards President Truman's demand for a compulsory national health programme. One reason for the caution is a suggested rise in income tax to pay for the scheme. Another check is the absence
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    FILM SOCIETY
    69 4 Members of the Singapore Film Society will see tonight at the Victoria Theatre, at 8.30, the British film "Rembrandt," a biography of the great painter. "Steps of the Ballet" will be the supporting film. Although the show is open only to members, those who wish to join the
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    32 4 SEVEN STEPS round the sacred fire were part of the Vedic religious ceremony at the marriage of Miss Tara Pandit. daughter of Mrs. ViJajalakshmJ Pandit, Indian Ambassador to Moscow. A. P. picture.
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    Red Victory In Jap Poll Feared
    157 4 TOKYO, Monday. HIGH American officials are afraid that the rising tide of Communism in Asia will be reflected In Japan's general elections next Sunday. They are afraid that the f Japanese Communists may make an unprecedentec showing in a victory that would pave the
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    MEDICAL TALK
    57 4 There will be a Joint meeting of the King Edward College of Medicine Alumni Association and the Southern Division of the British Medical Association (Malaya Branch) tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the College of Medicine, Singapore. Mr. Julian TayJor, senior surgeon. National Hospital. Queen's Square and University College
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    CYCLIST FINED
    33 4 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Mon.— For carrying a girl on his pillion a cyclist Chang Ho Hang was fined $5 today. The girl Chong Kani Un was also fined $5.
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    'Better Than The U.N.'
    79 4 LAHORE, Mon. SIR Zafrullah Khan, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, said in Lahore last night that the British Commonwealth had proved "much more effective in times of crisis than the United Nations." "A test has been applied to the Commonwealth nations since the growth into full membership
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    W.F.T.U. CRISIS MEETING TODAY
    200 4 LONDON, Mon. THE World Federation -of Trade Unions, torn with dissension over Communism, faces the biggest crisis of Its short life at a meeting of its executive bureau in Paris today. East-West political differences in the Federation have reached the point of an open split. It
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    New District Opened In Kelantan
    104 4 New District Opened In Kelantan From Oar Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Mon. l new administrative district came Into being in Kelantan on Saturday, when the district office of Tumpat was opened by the Sultan of Kelantan before a large gathering. Speaking on behalf of the officers and residents of the
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    NO HOLIDAY FOR CRIME
    96 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.After opening the Selangor Assize today, Mr. Justice Spenser. WllKmson, referring to the three cases on the list said, "We must not allow ourselves to be unduly complacent in this regard, or imagine that crime has to this extent been reduced." He went on
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    UNION ELECTS OFFICERS
    96 4 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon.— The re-cently-tormed Government Clerical Services Union, at a meeting In Seremban yesterday, elected the following officials for the current year: President— Lee Thian Kec; j Vice -President A. Neelapillai; General Secretary C. Rajadural, Assistant Secretary—Lim Hong; Treasurer K. Chelliah; Executive Council
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    GAMING FINES
    24 4 From Oar Own Correspondent TAIPING, Mon.— Two Kamunting Chinese were each fined $10 in the Magistrate's Court today on gaming I charges.
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    FORGERY DENFOUND -POLICE
    195 4 FORGERY DENFOUND -POLICE From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. I^EDAH. Police alleged 1V in the Assize Court today that after raiding a house in Ayer Puteh, near Gurun, they discovered a printing machine and other counterfeiting materials.. Two Chinese were on trial on three counts of abetment and possession of
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    MAULANA'S FAREWELL
    177 4 THE farewell tiffin to the Muslim divine Maulana Mohamed Abdul Aieem Siddiqui at the home of Mr. S. I. O. Alsagoff, In Chancery Lane on Saturday, was attended by leaders of all religious faiths in Singapore and by Government officials. Those who attended included the Bishop of Malacca
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    PLAN FOR 2 MORE CLUBS
    87 4 The Social Welfare Department in an attempt to get more boys' clubs started In Singapore has suggested to the Hong Kong University Alumni Association and to the St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association that each should sponser its own boys' club. The acting secretary of Social
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    Hong Kong Alumni
    35 4 Dr. Hu Teal Kuen, president of the Hong Kong University Alumni Association, gave a dinner to alumni on Saturday at his home, 2 Paterson Hill, Singapore. There wa^ a large gatherln g.
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    Using The Beef
    32 4 CANBERRA. Mon. The Australian Premier (Mr. J. B. Chifley) says that discussions are being held with the British Government on utilisation of the beef capacity of northern Australia. U.P
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    'Kidnapped By Partner's Bandit Friends' Story
    213 5 'Kidnapped By Partner's Bandit Friends' Story From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Mon. AP.W.D. contractor, Chen Cheong, alleged In the Segamat Court yesterday that his business partner wrote to a bandit gang In China, who kidnapped him and held him prisoner for three months. Chen, or Cha'ah Tillage, was defendant in
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    X-Ray For Governor
    106 5 rPHE Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Olmson) had his chest X-rayed at the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosla Clinic In TanJongPagarRoad during an Informal visit yesterday. The Governor spent half an hour at the clinic He was shown round by the Chairman of S.A.T.A. (Mr. 0. L. Edwards). Afterwards the
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    BAIL REFUSED
    76 5 Ng Seh Poh was refused ball yesterday when he appeared In the Second Police Court, charged with having abetted another Chinese in the possession of printing machines and materials for the purpose of counterfeiting 50 cent notes in Oct. last year. Ng, it was stated, Jumped a $10,000
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    26 5 CHE ATESHAH binte Hajl Abdul Majld (centre), who gave Hindustani vocal and dance items at an UMNO charity concert in Muar bat week.— -Straits Times picture.
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    KILLED MALAY POLICE SERGEANT—$5OO FINE FOR BRITON
    311 5 KILLED MALAY POLICE SERGEANT— $5OO FINE FOR BRITON From Our Special Correspondent TANJONG MALIM, Monday. DIDO Charles James Plumb, a British police sergeant, was fined $500 with the option of six months' gaol today for negligently firing his Sten gun in Slim River Police Station and killing a Malay police
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    The Woman 'Detective'
    72 5 The Woman 'Detective' From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mon. A YOUNG woman, Cheah Saw Eng, who is alleged to have posed as a detective, today claimed trial in the Second Magistrate's Court on a charge of criminal intimidation. Chean is alleged to have threatened Goh Boon Loh with Injury by
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    TWO FOUGHT OVER WIFE
    74 5 Two well-dressed Malays, who fought in Selegle Road at midnight on Jan. 16 over a woman, the wife of ont ct them, appeared before the Third Singapore Police Court Magistrate yesterday. They were Ismail Ohintlng and Nawl Samad. who pleaded "guilty" to the charge and were
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    25 YEARS WITH EAST ASIATIC
    50 5 The East Asiatic Company Singapore agents on Saturday night gave a dinner In the Tai Thong restaurant to celebrate the completion of 29 years' service by Mr. 8. O. Hansen, import manager. Twenty years of nil 25 with the company have been spent in Singapore.
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    Pres. Jefferson
    17 5 The President Jefferson arrived In Singapore yesterday from Manila, en route to the United States.
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    Councillors Hail C-G's Unity Call
    210 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. THE Commissioner-General's call last night for "a brotherhood of all the peoples in this country" met with whole-hearted response from local community leaders today iwery right-thinking person will approve of this movement," a Malay Federal Legislative Councillor, Dr. K.
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    1,000 Climb New Pagoda
    64 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANO, Mon. MORE than 20 priests representing the Buddhist temples In Penang took part in the formal opening yesterday of the new pagoda at the Mahlndarama Temple In Kampar Road. Highlight of the ceremony was the ascent of the pagoda peak by
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    SAMPAN MEN ARRESTED
    105 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHKU, Mon.— It was alleged here today that an attempt to smuggle matches Into Johore waa foiled by Customs ofHcers when they stopped a sampan at Ulu Sungel Tebrau on Saturday and found in it M zinc cartons of matches on which
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    RADIO SPEAKER
    43 5 The chairman of Colonial Development Corporation (Far East) Ltd.. (Mr. Nutcombe Hume) who recently completed a survey of Malaya and Singapore will be interviewed over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya in the programme "Talk of the Town' at 7-30 tonight
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    "Case Pivots Round One Question"
    234 5 "Case Pivots Round One Question" From Our Staff Correspondent 1POH. Mon. 1*HE case against the former manager, Edward Nunn, and the chief clerk, Llm Khoon Aik, of Talplng Whlteaway's on a charge of criminal breach of trust In respect of $16,000, resumed today before tne President of thelpoh Sessions Court
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    Quarrel Led To Killing
    148 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. PITCHAI KARANANDY, a middle aged Indian rubber tapper stood his trial at the Selangor Assizes today charged with the murder of his uncle Oovindan. The Deputy Public Prosecutor (Mr. A.MJ. Austin) said the two were fellow workers and lived
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    MUSLIM PARTY FOR CHILDREN
    40 5 The Muslim Association of Singapore held a Children's Day on Saturday to celebrate Prophet Mohamed's birthday anniversary. More than 200 children from the two schools run by the Association were given a party at Kampong Marlcan.
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    DEATH
    41 6 In sacred memory Of Alfred William Duggan. 52 years, of the Singapore Harbour Board, who died suddenly on Saturday, 15th Jan 1949. at the Oeneral Hospital, leaving behind a widow and 5 c.illdrin. Deeply regretted. > Upt' untrv papers please copy.
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    The Strata Times Singapore, Tues., Jan. 18, 1949. BRITAIN AND MALAYA
    691 6 The Strata Times Singapore, Tues., Jan. 18, 1949. BRITAIN AND MALAYA While the Commissioner General did not venture out of familiar territory in his broadcast on Sunday, he said a great many things that need repeating at a time when British policy in Asia is subject again to the test
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    Fruit Of Apartheid
    410 6 At least a hundred persons have been killed and a thousand injured in the savage race riots which swept Durban following a scuffle between a negro boy and an Indian peddler. Nor is murder's toll yet done, although troops and police who already have the situation in
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    MEMO FROM JOGJAKARTA
    1546 6 IT was understand- able that Jogjakarta, until- recently the capital of a Republic claiming 20 million subjects, should be completely occupied by the Dutch in seven hours; the Indonesians had apparently never considered the possibility of paratroop and airborne operation. It is harder to understand the amazing
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    HONGKONG INVASION
    467 6  -  Edmund Scuder -By- 17ISITING Hongkong from China is like going to another world, a world that is doing its best to ignore the dangers inherent in its geographical proximity to China's civil struggle. There are probably more millionaires per square mile in this British colony than in any
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      The Mantra And Communism In The Jungle
      336 6 'THE letter whicn appeared in the Straits Times under the heading "RESETTLEMENT: THE SQUATTER AND SAKAI" and which "brings to mind the age-old problem of the Sakai". makes good reading and voices a laudable cause. But, let us get our facts in order.
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    STAMFORD ROAD HOLE
    162 6 I HAVE followed, with interest, the digging operations at the Junction of North Bridge Road and Stamford Road, for the recovery of the treasure which was believed to have been buried during the last days of the battle of Singapore. This story reminds me of the "Spanish
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    GURKHAS SEIZE BIG KEDAH CAMP
    367 7 New Success In Hunt For Bandit Force From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ANOTHER big bandit camp was found yes- terday by Gurkhas following up the terrorist force which attacked a Gurkha and police patrol in North Kedah, near the Siamese border, on Thursday.
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    39 7 M.C JOHN ROY WIJESURIA and his bride enjoy some wedding cake at their weddin? reception at the Victoria Memorial Hall jesterday. They were married at me Cathedral of the Good Sher J«rc,— S.vnuls Tincj picture. (Report in column 5)
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    ARMY WORKERS TO FEDERATE
    210 7 THE Army Civil Service Union of Singapore is to take the initiative to federate all the army workers' unions of Malaya. Mr. P. Williams, the General Secretary of the Union, told the Straits Times yesterday that the Army employed more than 25,000 local civilians in Malaya.
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    Pilots Back At School
    110 7 TWO war-time RAF. officers from Singapore are now In England taking one of the ■omprehensive courses In d on air traffic control They are Mr. F. N. Ebert, •who served A'ith the R.A.A.F. Jn Bomber Command and Mr. n. D.F.C., who servfd as a.. A.F. fighter
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    SNATCH THIEF
    31 7 A Chinese snatched $120 and a pawn-ticket from 'a young Chinese woman near the bus-stand at the junttlon of Upper Serangoon Road and Yio Chu Kang Road yesterday afternoon.
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    CHICKEN POX IN SINGAPORE
    64 7 Twenty-three cases of chic-ken-pox were reported in Singapore In week ended Jan. 8. The other case 6 of notifiable diseases were tuberculosis 74, leprosy two. diphtheria eight, polio one. and cerebro spinal lever one. There were 161 deaths and 731 births in the Municipality in the
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    ADMITS CHEATING
    46 7 A 32-year.' -old Chinese Phong Hlan Wan pleaded guilty in the Foifrth Police Court yesterday to having cheated H. Sena of Raffles Hotel of a diamond valued at $375 on Jan. 14. The Magis- trate (Mr. M. H. MacDougal) postponed sentence until Jan. 24.
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    TRISHAW-MEN WRITE TO COMMISSIONERS
    210 7 QPPOSING views on the registration of trishaws v have been put before a special committee of Singapore Municipal Commissioners by the Singapore Trishaw Owners Association and the Singapore Rick Trishaw Workers' Union. The committee was appointed to make an overall investigation into the administration and organisation
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    "Keep LDrivers Out Of City"
    168 7 "Keep LDrivers Out Of City" A recommendation that the Singapore Traffic Police should allow learner-drivers to drive motor vehicles outside town limits only has been made by the Singapore Hire Car Association to a special committee of Municipal Commissioners. The committee was appointed to make an over-all investigation into the
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    FAINTED IN WITNESS BOX
    73 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.--A hospital attendant giving evidence at che Inquest on the death of a patient at the General Hospital fainted in the witness box, and the hearing was postponed. Inche Nasir, the magistrate, was told that the patient, Tan Lee Kirn,
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    8,686 ELECTORS IN SINGAPORE
    50 7 There are 8,686 electors on ths Singapore Municipal Electoral Roll, it was finally announced last night. Registration closed on Dec 30. Nomination day for candidates for the 18 elected Municipal Commissioners will be March 17 and the first popular Municipal election will be on April 2.
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    ONE-UNION PLAN FOR SEAMEN
    155 7 DLANS are now being made to amalgamate four Chinese seaman's unions In Singapore into a body to be tentatively called the Chinese Seamen's Union of Malaya. Mr. K. C. Huang, one of the members of a committee, told the Btraits Times yesterday that the CS.U.M. would
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    83 7 IPOH WEDDING: Mr. and Mrs. William G. IMHay wh<» were recently married at St. Michael's Church, Ipoh. Mr. Pillay, who Is on the staff of Borneo Motors, Ipoh, Is the adopted son of Dr. A. C. Kathigasu, M.8.E., and the late Mrs. Sybil Kathigasu, G.M., The bride was formerly Miss
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    Women Readers "Speed Maniacs"
    401 7 By Our Woman Correspondent YTOST Singapore women read books because it is smart, because they want to pass the time, or because they wish to be up-to-date. Few read them penetratingly enough to be able to .exchange views on the subject and thus promote culture In
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    Two Months' GaolFor'Aet'
    83 7 TWENTY ONE YEAR OLD Choo Kirn Leng, who tried to pass off as an Extra Constable one day after his service with the Special Constabulary terminated, was yesterday sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment. Choo joined the Special Constabulary in September last. His service was terminated on
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    BLOWN INTO TROUBLE
    56 7 Six Chinese fishermen, who appeared before the First District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks) yesterday for being in a protected area in the Straits of Johore on Saturday night, were acquitted. They told the Judge that they were returning from their fishing when they were blown into
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    JOHORE COUNCIL CANDIDATES
    73 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— The candidates put forward by the district branches for nomination by the Johore Civil Service Association as its nominee to represent the Association on the Johore Council of State are Inche Abdul Rahman bin Musa, Inche Mahmood bin Hussein and
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    STOLE SERGT.'S SHIRT-$l5 FINE
    58 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Sgt. Parry, of 221 Vehicle Coy., lost a newly purchased shirt on Christmas Day m the Sergeants' Mesa. The next day Joseph, a newly employed mess boy, was found wearing a similar shirt. Today, Joseph was flned $15 with
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    SINGAPORE IS EXEMPT FROM NEW RULE
    216 7 SINGAPORE IS EXEMPT FROM NEW RULE FEDERATION ENTRY PERtauS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. CONTROL of immigration into the Federation has been tightened by emergency regular tfons which, from Feb. 1, will make it necessary for all persons entering the Federation to hojd entry permits. A reciprocal arrangement
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    $2,000 BAIL FOR LORRY DRIVER
    88 7 A lorry driver, Ho Guan Seng, was charged in the First District Court yesterday with attempVj* wtortion at a house in Wnf4l*B£s Road m Jan. 15. The prosecuting officer (Mr. A. H. Frew, A.S.P.) alleged that Ho demanded $15.50 from Tesera Neoy, a woman living
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    Badges Can Be Banned
    93 7 From Our .tall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. UNDER a newly-gazetted Emergency Regulation, the High Commissioner ha* power to prohibit the manufacture, sale. use. display Or possession of :m f flag, banner, badges, emblem, device, uniform at distinctive dress if he considers it necessary in the public
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    New Union For Colony
    98 7 {SINGAPORE is to have a new trade union— the Engineering and Building Workers' Union. This was decidr^ 1 »t a meeting of technical workers at 331. North Bridge Road. Throe convenors Messrs. Yap Thiam Fong C. P Rf.makrishnan and Teo Teck rfeng, were aPDointed to c\ll
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    RUNNING CHINESE SHOT BY FORCES, FREED AS INNOCENT
    130 8 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Monday SEVEN Chinese, fired on by security forces in the Salak area of Sepang when they ran away, have been released. Two of the Chinese are wounded and in the Seremban General Hospital, but screening has revealed
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    MALAY NEWS 5,ooo Hear Muslim Missionary
    264 8 MALAY NEWS 5,ooo Hear Muslim Missionary From Our Malay Correspondent ■THE Muslim divine, Mau- < A lana Abdul Aleera Siddl- J qul, spoke In English to 5.000 people at the open ground next to the Oeylang Serai bus terminus on Saturday night. The meeting was organised by the Mohammedan Starlight
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    INSPECTS COURTS
    22 8 TAIPINO. Mon.— The Ipoh Supreme Court Judge (Mr. Justice Thomson) made in inspection tour of the Taiping police courts today.
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    Shot Boy: Sergeant Acquitted
    139 8 From Oar Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Mon. A BRITISH sergeant In charge of security measures on two Kedah estates was today acquitted ol negligence by the Sessions Court President (Inche Azml Mohamed). The accused, Sergeant W. I Wllcock, was alleged to have discharged one pistol shot
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    MUSLIM WOMEN
    29 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANO. Mon. The Penang Malay Women's League observed the Prophet Mohamed's birthday this afternoon at the home of the president (Che Rahiman Ariff).
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    JUDGE REPLACED
    29 8 Mr. Justice Cox-Evans, from the Federation, has assumed duties as a puisne judge of the Singapore High Court in place of Mr. Justice Jobling who has retired.
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    Singapore Diary
    133 8 TO-DAY War Prisoners (Singapore) A*- soclation, extra-ordinary genera] meeting, Adelphi Roof Garden. 9.15 p.m. Technical Association of Malaya, annual me ting, followed by a paper on "Surveying and Mapping," by Mr. L. 8. Hlmely, Government Trades School, Balestier Road. 6.30 p.m. Police Band, Jalan Besar, S.30 p.m. Y.M.C.A.,
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    15 8 THE SULTAN OF KELANTAN declaring open the Turnpat District Office on Saturday. Glory Studio picture.
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    Gaoled In Java —Due In Colony
    211 8 INDONESIAN Government officials in Singapore expect the early return to the Colony of Dr. Z. Zain, local deputy to Dr. R. Oetoyo, who has been released following detention by the Dutch in Batavia. "We expect Dr. Zain to re- I turn at any time
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    According to Culbertson
    348 8 A beautiful play by the declarer irt today's deal overcame a bad break. North, dealer. North -South vulnerable. NORTH «A X I*ll ♦8 c s Q 9 4-3 WEST EAST *QJIO 8 6 4 *5t IKQI I *****S Ml! 7 .1 10 8 8 SOITH 1 S
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    SALVAGED AMMO EXPLODES
    107 8 SALVAGED AMMO EXPLODES From Our Own Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Mon. invo thousand of a total of A over 11,000 round* of ammunition salvaged from the Muda River, exploded last week-end a. a result of exposure to heat. The ammunition had been taken out of a box when It went off.
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    Gaoled For Dagger
    36 8 Jaimul Abdeen. a young Ceylonese soldier attached to the Woodlands Camp, was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore Fourth District Judge (Mr. H. A. Forrer) yesterday for having a dagger.
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      201 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD CROSSWORD No. 72 ►N THURSDAY »c*.»t 18. In a voracious manner (8). t ThU ghost doesn't lack 20. Scurrilous <«>. count. (6). 8«- Austere «ve hundred (TV 3 L°ght*an!<i or rallwa, 26 Concerning a hundred rau <gj In holti 8 Extremities meet when 2? Peasant «•> articles
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    From An Estate Bungalow
    588 9 I THINK one of the reasons why I grew to like the little plant called "Marvel of Peru" or "Four-O'clock Flowei" was because In direct contrast to other more spectacular flowers it really hasn't got much to boast about. Other people besides me §ust have felt,
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    Divorce Lawyer Is Happy Housewife
    235 9 ONE of Australia's 1 most successful di- vorce lawyers Is a happi- ly married woman, Mrs. 1 Joan Rosanove, who has 1 practised as a barrister and solicitor in Melbourne, Victoria, for 29 1 years. In 1929, Mrs. Rosanove J was the only practising wo-
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    Malayan Homes And Fashions
    127 9 Malayan Homes And Fashions FASHIONS in Chinese dress are such subtle variations on I the Chong-sam theme that it is less the dress that matters than the way it is worn. Chinese women are renowned for their i elegance, but for inj dividuality they are not I so remarkable. Mrs.
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      Curing Food Fads
      986 9  -  NURSE BRIDGET By "MUMMY. I don't like this. Please need I eat it?". Most j mothers hear this re- I mark at some time or other and it is most de- j pressing when one has spent a long time and much thought In pre- paring food
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    WOMAN FLYING DOCTOR
    188 9 A USTRALIA'S only A woman flying doctor is 40-year-old Dr. Freda Gibson who is stationed at Ceduna, a small outpost in semiarid Great Australian Bight country of South Australia. Her practice is scattered over about 50,000 square miles. Like Australia's other flyIng doctors she attends ner cases
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      577 9 4 /^>*^K Is he a»fir J S9O i n g to WM&s\ '**'S\ 4[ 1 a u g h or w vfe^-^^X c rS SH IRIJIKR HAPPIKR with these health- S^^5 fiv'nß tablets ???> A trowing ctuld needs Calciurti and Phosphor u> 10 MHM* sturd* Oones. -sound teeth, satetv »mir>
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    Farms Flooded In The West Country
    27 10 THE FARMER watches anxiously as flood water from the River Severn poors on to his land at Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. Fox picture.
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    LONDAN LETTER
    1376 10 THUG THIEVES IN THE NEWS From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 5. CO much news just now that it's difficult to know just where to begin what with the newspapers banner-lining "You're not safe in London (because of thug-thieves), the Civil Servants tortured with anxiety (because of the
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      56 10 POCKET CARTOOM Jn> OSBERT LANCASTER "Be lore taking you over to the theatre /or tonight's per/ormance of The Beggar's Opera,' 1 want you to try to imagine that we are back in llth-centvry London, a London infested with highwaymen and Jootpads, and not a single policeman The baily Express comments
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      SELLERS COME FORWARD IN TIN MARKET
      173 11 SELLERS COME FORWARD IN TIN MARKET From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. QUIET conditions prevailed in the Malayan share market today. Sellers in Tins were more inclined to meet the buyers. Industrials were a very steady market. I Price changes quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were INDUSTRIALS Bayer fleUet
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      K. Muda Rubber
      224 11 Redemption Put Off KUALA MUDA Rubber Kstate* director! havt notified the 8ev« n-per-Cent First Morttaf e Debenture holders of the company's inability to carry out redemption of the Debentures on the latest redemption date (Dec. SI last). It had been hoped to put forward an acceptable scheme
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      JAPS PROMISE RESTITUTION
      172 11 TOKYO, lion. JAPANESE officials yesterday pro- mlwd expedifous handling of the return of real estate la Japan to pre-war Allied owners. They promised also the promulgation of an ordinance to facilitate the return of share* and stocks to former Allied holders. Since the 8CAP directive ordain* the
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      Wharfside Shipping
      109 11 SHIPS In port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Orestes (31-32). Agap?nor (33-34), Dartmouth Victory 136-37). Star Betelgeuae (BBSS), Phrontls MO-41). Tantalus (42-43). West Wbaif: Padang (1-2), Ste°l Flier (4-5). Fresident Jeflersod '8-9>. Ounerm (10-11), Oreystoke Castle (13-14). Rlmau (14), SUTerbrtar
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      More Steel On The Way
      206 11 NEW YORK. Mon. AMERICA now has facilities for turnlnK out over 96,000.000 tons of steel Ingots annually, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. The Institutes president (Mr. Walter S. Tower) says present ex- pension schedules Indicate that the nation's capacity will be considerably
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      BEAUFORT BORNEO
      196 11 BEAUFORT Borneo Rubber's 1948 production was excellent despite labour shortage and other difficulties. The chairman (Mr. Charles Mann) told the annual meeting in London that the company's export from Borneo were a remarkable achievement considering the high average age of Bornean rubber. The crop In 1940/41 amounted to
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      Utd. Malacca Rubber
      23 11 TJNITED Malacca Rubber Estates in December harvested 125,050 lbs. of rubber. The total crop for eight months was 831,564 lbs.
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      Aver Hitam Dredging
      21 11 J^yER HITAM Dredging's output of tin-ore in the quarter to Dec. 31, 1948. was 3.01S plculs (179H tons.)
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      MAIN LINE TRAIN RUNS ON RUBBER TYRES
      259 11 THE first railway train equipped to ran on. pneumatic rubber tyres went in^o service last November on the Paris-Strasbourg line of the French National Railways, says the magazine Rubber Developments. The new service owes much to the initiative of the Michelin concern in
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      Singapore Rubber
      121 11 APENINO sllfhtly above Friday'! closing prices, the Singapore rubber market was quiet throughout yesterday. It eased slightly during the afternoon but at the close was unchanged from Friday's levels. Closing prices yesterday* ware: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 31% cents, sellers 87% cents; spot loose buyers 37 cents,
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      56 11 £JOCONUT oil dropped by $1 to $61 per plcul in the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Copra, however, was quietly steady, with some business passing. Rhio sago flour was transacted at $14.50 per picul, a rise of 25 cents from the week-end. The food Bectioi. showed 6ome Improvement with
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      INSULINDE RUBBER
      142 11 INSULINDE (Sumatra) Rubber Estates In an Interim report on the areas reoccupied a few months ago, state that 1,800 acres under rubber of the 2,395 planted are In fair to good condition. Nearly 600 acres of the oldest areas will require replanting. Most of the buildings and machinery
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    Singapore To Have Cricket Assn
    171 12 Singapore To Have Cricket Assn AT a meeting of representatives of cricket clubs held at the Singa- pore Cricket Club last evening, it was decided to form a Singapore Cricket Association and to run a cricket, tournament this I ason under the control of the Association. A sub-committee was elected
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    TREASURER'SDEPT BEAT ENGINEERS
    92 12 TREASURER'SDEPT BEAT ENGINEERS 'PHE Municipal Treasurer's Department beat the Municipal s Department by four matches to one at table tennis at tl\<* SM.S.U. on Saturday. Deta lod resu'ts (Mun. Treasurer'a I) •••>• players mentioned first): Low chpr Young beat P. O. Oalis'an 20—22. 19 21. 21—7. 21—19. 21—9; Loe Meng
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    53 12 THE Oxford new 'or thr f ortht timing later varsity boat race, leaving the boat house for training on the Isis. Left to rigrht: J. B. C. Robin (bow), R. L. Arundel, C. G. V. Davidge (stroke), J. Clay, W. J. 11. Lockle, T. D. Raikes, Botvlby and L. S.
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    Why Does F.A.M. Meet In Secret?
    400 12 Why Does F. A.M. Meet In Secret? By The Sports Editor I FHK time has come, it would seem, when the Football Association of Malaya must either do away with its old practice of holding its annual general meeting "in camera" or give some explanat ion about why it dejems
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    FAIRWIND B.P.
    95 12 At a general meeting of th« Fairwind 8.P.. held at Mr. Tto Chye Hoe's residence. No. 1 Akyab Road, the following were elected" Patrons: Mr. Chew Wichow and Mr. Chan Choy Van. Office-bearers for the year are: President: Mr. Teo Chye Hoe fre-elected>; hon. secretary. Mr. Douglas Klyne:
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    JOLLILADSSOCCER
    47 12 JOLLILADS SOCCER The team to represent the Jollilads Athletic Un on against the Europeans Soccer XI at 5.15 at Farrer Park omorrow. will be selected from the following: Narayana, Muniandi. I'ader. Ghan Ras«k, Sintha. Krishnasamv. Salahdin. Sappee, Dollah H. Mohamed. Basakaran, R. Govindasamy, Mera, Ph lipps. Thambyrajah.
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET
    40 12 MEETING of the cricket section of the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club will be held at the Clubhouse on Thursday. Jan. 20. at 5.15 p.m. to elect officebearers for the coming reason. All members ntirested are requtotrd to ar'end
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    SOCCER REFEREES
    35 12 ALL soccer referees (military aii> civilian) who wish *o refertt S.A.F.A. league games this MM are requested to wrl c to Mr. Lim Yorrg Liang, the hon. secretary. Co the Municipal Engineers' Dept.
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    Amateurs To Play With Pro Golfers
    146 12 Amateurs To Play With Pro Golfers LONDON. Mon. PR th« first time In the history of golf in Britain amateurs will with th* blessing of th« Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, compete with professionals In stroke play tournaments held under the ausplceS of the Professional Oolfers Association.
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    SCRC Hockey XI
    71 12 I THE following will represent the 1 S.C.R.C. in a frendly hoctoey match against the S.H.B. Police to be played at Hong Llm Green at 9.15 p.m today: Lee Ah Chio; Lav Hock Chye, Cheong Thlam 8:ew; Au Tat Chu, Goh Chin Chye. Paro Kirn Hock; Swee
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    LA. Cricket
    71 12 Amee ing of the Indian Association cricket section will be held on at the Association premises No. 6 Race Course Lane, at 6 p.m. tomorrow, to elect a captain, vlcecaptaln and a selection committee for the forthcomirrg cricket season Mr. N. Abbasbhoy. chairman. Board of Control of Games.
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    ENDEAVOUR B.P.
    48 12 Th«> Endeavour Badminton Party will be holding their annual general meeting on Sunday, at Mr. Gan Pin Bonn's residence^ No. 26, I Rambai Road. Singapore, at I.o<f p.m. The meeting will elect office- bearers for the ensuing year. ai:d all members are asked to at end.
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    S.R.C. WIN 5-0
    25 12 S.R.C. beat Shell Sports Club by 1". c goals to nil in a hotkey rr> h played at Farrer Park yesit iday.
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    PUNTERS HOPE TO START NEW YEAR WELL
    616 12  - PUNTERS HOPE TO START NEW YEAR WELL EPSOM JEEP But Prospects At K.L. Are Open By KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AFTER a fortnight's break, punters are again busily going through the weights with special diligence and care this time. It is the beginning of a new season and all and sundry
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    47 12 ARSENAL'S THIRD GOAL: DUchburn, the Spurs' goalkeeper, fails to hold a fast shot from Lishman. Arsenal's inside-left (second from right), who scored the third goal, when the two teams met at London on Jan. 8, in their third round F.A. cup-tie. Arsenal won 3—o3 0. Reuter photo.
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    Police Cup Golf Ends In A Tie
    236 12 Police Cup Golf Ends In A Tie IrvDRTY-FOUR competi- tors took part in the Police Challenge Cup gol^ match played at the Island Club, Singapore, over 36 holes over the week-end and the result was a tie between P. J. de B. Wilmot (18) and Lim Slew Jin (15), who
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    R.P.C. (C) BEAT G.H.Q. 1-0
    99 12 T/HE sth Group R.P.C. (C) beat GHQ one goal to nil in a closely-contested hockey match at Ayer Rajah yeste.day. The first half was fought out at a fast pace, each goal being visited n turns. The winners' defence withstood all attempts by Wheeler to
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY XI
    41 12 The following aave been selected to represent the S.C.C. in i» hockey match against the Indian Association on the padang at 5.15 p.m. today: Mathot; Hag, Daniels: Rule, Oecks, Kuyper; Read, Moolenburg, Pearcy. Brands. Bell. Umpire' Mr. Reeves.
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    C.S.A. WIN 4-3
    28 12 The Chinese Sports Association defeated the Telok Blangah Rangers by four goals to three In a soccer match played at Farrer Park ever the week-end.
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    2 Goals In 2 Minutes Give Recs Victory
    177 12 SUPERIOR combination gave Singapore Recreation Club a two-one victory over Ceylon Sports Club in a second team hockey match on the Pa da us: yesterday. The winners" goals were scored in close succession midway through the first half. Playing confidently, the Ceylonese
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    All Missed
    34 12 Three players ,?o for the ball, and all miss it an incident during Sundays soccer match at Jalan liosar stadium, in which Chinese Athletic beat Selotar football Club 2-I.— Straits Times picture.
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    Warnes And Garry Score The Points
    322 12 rpHREEQUARTER Warnes and full-back Garry 1 played the biggest part in the Singapore Cricket Club "B" team's victory over the Customs by 11 points (a goal and two tries) to five (a goal) on the padang yesterday. Warnes scored two tries, while Garry scored
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    Sports Diary
    32 12 HOCKEY: Slat, trial— SRC. 5 p.m.: S.C.R.C. v. 8.H.B. Police S.C.R.C.; S.C.C. t. I.A.— S.C.C. SOCCER: C.A. Juniors v. Dockyard Asians Jalsn Besar stadium Spitfiires v. R.A.F. (Jurong). Geylang Stadium.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    24 12 TODAY: High Water, 1.30 a.m. (9ft. Oin) 12.48 p.m. (10ft. 4in). TOMORROW: High Water, 2.05 am. (9ft Oin); 1.35 p.m. (10ft 2in)
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    Civilians v ServicesOn Saturday
    196 12 Civilians v ServicesOn Saturday THE 1948-49 Rugby season is drawing to a close, and with it comes, two of the biggest matches of the year, Singa--pore Combined Civilians, versus Combined Services and North versus South both games at Jalau Besar. The first of these f;aiu.s. botween the Services and Civil-,
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    R.E.M.E. WIN 2-0
    29 12 R.E.M.E. WIN 2- 0 R. K. M. E. Base Workshops Singapore beat the Johore C.C. yesterday by two goals to one tn a hockey match on the latter'f ground
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